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Photograph of Sgt B. Clements’ Squad, Grenadier Guards, taken at the Guards Depot in Caterham, May 1927. They pose in three rows wearing service dress with forage caps and white pouch belts.Those sitting in the front row have their rifles with them. Trees and huts can be seen behind them. The abbreviation ‘Td.S’ stands for Trained Soldier. Foot Guards had designated soldiers within a squad who acted as demonstrators for the squad’s non-commissioned instructors. Taken by G and H Bunce, Caterham. They are named as (from left to right): Back Row: Guardsmen T Morgan, J Biggenden, C Lodge and E V Crossman Middle Row: Trained Soldier G Nye, Guardsmen S Snelling, W Orme, H Copestake, L Parsons, J Harvell, R T Went and Trained Soldier F Wheatley Front Row: Guardsmen W Sollitt, G Cotterell, F Darby, Sergeant B Clements (Squad Instructor), Guardsmen A Darke, W Boote, and R Bissex. From an album of 29 photographs compiled by or presented to Sgt J Biggenden. It covers the period 1927-1951 and includes mainly group images taken at the Guards Depot in Caterham, plus some inspections such as by HM The Queen at Windsor Castle.